Our next meeting will be Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 7:00 PM in the dining room (cafeteria) of the Beals/Bristol Senior Center, 240 Stafford Ave., Bristol.

We will begin with a short business meeting, followed by refreshments, and then the program. Our program will be a presentation by Judy Schuster on sapphires from Yogo Gulch, Montana. It will include information on the geology and mining history of the deposits and lots of pictures!

If the weather is questionable, check the Channel 3 listings for any closures or check our website.

Hope to see you there!

Posted: February 17th, 2011 under Monthly Meetings.
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Our next meeting is Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 7:00 PM in the dining room of the Bristol Senior Center, 240 Stafford Ave., Bristol, CT.

We will begin with a short business meeting, followed by refreshments, and then the program. Our speaker for the evening will be Fritz Moritz. His talk is titled “The Big Gypsum Crystals of Glacial Lake Otero: the Origin of the Unique Dune Field at White Sands National Monument, New Mexico.”

If the weather is questionable, check this website or Channel 3–any cancellation will be posted there.

Hope to see you there!

White sand dune at White Sand National Monument, NM

Posted: January 21st, 2011 under Monthly Meetings.
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Our next meeting is Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 7:00 PM in the dining room of the Bristol Senior Center, 240 Stafford Ave., in Bristol.

We will begin with a short business meeting, followed by refreshments, and then the program. Our guest speaker will be Paul Bartholomew, who will talk about Wyoming jade.

Hope to see you there! If there is any question about the weather, check the website or the cancellations listed on Channel 3.

Posted: December 27th, 2010 under Monthly Meetings.
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It’s the Holiday Party!

Tuesday, December 14, starting at 7 PM in the dining room at the Bristol Senior Center, 240 Stafford Ave., Bristol.

As per usual, the club will provide cold cuts for sandwiches, drinks, and all the plates, utensils, etc. Members are asked to bring a side dish or dessert to share.

There will be great food, lots of great items in the teacup auction, and lots of great company. Overall, a great evening….

Please RVSP by December 12 to Barb or Katie (contact info will be in the party flyer you will receive by snail mail….or in any old bulletin you have lying around the house).

Hope to see EVERYONE there!

Posted: November 11th, 2010 under Monthly Meetings.
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Our next meeting will be Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at 7:00 PM in the dining room of the Bristol Senior Center, 240 Stafford Ave., Bristol, Connecticut.

We’ll begin with a short business meeting, followed by refreshments, and then the program. Our program for the evening will feature Jeff Kalin, founding director of Primitive Technologies Inc., a company that recreates the material culture of Native American life. Jeff will speak to us on flint knapping (making arrowheads and other stone tools).

Hope to see you there!

Posted: October 21st, 2010 under Monthly Meetings.
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Our next meeting will be Tuesday, October 12, 2010 in the dining room of the Bristol Senior/Community Center at 7:00 PM (new time). We will begin with a short business meeting, followed by refreshments. The “program” will consist of two parts–break-out discussions about the various roles for volunteers at the upcoming show, and then Fritz Moritz will give us a short talk on the iron mines of Minnesota.

Hope to see you all there!

Posted: September 23rd, 2010 under Monthly Meetings.
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